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Man arrested at Cuba airport with 66 tiny birds sewn into his trousers
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A man has been arrested in Cuba - for attempting to board a flight to America with 66 birds sewn inside his trousers, Daily Mail reported yesterday.
The bird man was seized at Ignacio Agramonte International Airport in the Cuban city of Camaguay and was picked up because of the curious bulges in his trousers, according to the report.
After being stopped by customs, the man bizarrely claimed he was only concealing a pigeon as a gift for his grandson, the report said.
But after he was forced to remove his trousers, officers found dozens of "frightened little finches and hummingbirds" - some with their beaks sealed shut so they would not be heard singing, according to the report.
All the birds were rare species and had probably been stolen to order for the equivalent of thousands of pounds, police said.
The smuggler nearly made it on to the aircraft after a metal detector failed to pick up his feathered contraband, the report said.
But because of the unusual bulges, and the slow way in which he was walking, a customs officer Hermogenes Yonsiver decided to take him into an inspection room for a body search, according to the report.
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